Money-changer



R. E. GEARHART AND F. STEFFENS.

MUNEY CHANGER.

APPLICATION FILED IUNEQ. IBIS.

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R. E. GEARHART AND Ff STEFFENS.

Mom-:Y CHANGER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, I9I9.

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BGY E. GEAMRT FRED STEFFENS, 0F ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

HONEY-CHANGER.

l specification of Letters Patent.

Application `led June 9, 1919. Serial No. 302,849.

that class usually stra ped Ito' the body, and y comprising a series o -tubespivoted rings underlying the tubes, and levers for swinging the rings laterally to deliver the respective ,coins from the bottoms of the tubes. Our object is to produce a device of this character whereby through' the operation of a predetermined lever, change for the desii'ed amount may be made, whether the amount shall be change for a nickel, a dime, a uarter or a half dollar.

Vith this general object in view the invention consists in certain novel and useful features ofv construction and organization of parts as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understood, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a front vie-w of a coin changer embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the device;

Fig. 3, is a horizontal section of the same with a fragment of the top plate in position.

Fig. 4, is a section on the lineV-V of gig. 5, is a section on the line V--V of `ig. 6, is a detail perspective view of a vpair of rocker bars to more clearly show the construction thereof and their relation to each other.

In thesaid drawings, 1 indicates a base plate provided at its rear margin with an upwardly projecting wal1'2 and at the upper edge of said wall with a forwardly projecting flange 3, to which are suitably secured over the base plate, vertical coin 'tubes 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9,.'the tubes 5 and 7 being .adapted for holding nickels, tube 6 for holding pennies, tube 8 for holding dimes and tube 9 for holding quarters, and said tubes are provided with the customary sight openings, and covering and secured to the upper ends of the tubes is a Itop plate 10 formed with coin receiving slots 11 over the respective tubes.

`wardly between tubes 5 edge with five notches 1a corresponding in diameter but offset with respect to the ad- ]acenlt tubes, and interposed between said base plate and the respective tubes and over- Patented Mar. 1, 1921i.V

lapping said notches are `rings 5a, 6, 7, 8a.

and 9a, the same respectively being of depth toholdone nickel, five pennies, two nickels one dime and one quarter. Each ringy is provided with an offset lug 13 pivoted` to the base plate at such point 'that when the respective rings are swung forward their full distance they register accurately with the corresponding notch of the be plate so that the coin or coins inclosed byv a ring shall drop Ithrough said notch. Each lug 13 is initergeared at 14 with a mutilated gear 15 yournaled on the base plate, and the gears 15 engage the lower ends of crank arms 16 of rock lever 17 mounted on pivots 18 carried by ears 19 vprojecting from the back wall or wall 2 of the base plate, and to hold said rings yieldingly in register with their respective coin tubes, coiled springs 20 are mounted on the pivots 18 and bear aft their effects the discharge of the coin or coins Y within said ring and at the same time upholds and retains within the Itube all overlying coins until the ring has been returned tto its normal position when another coin or coins drop into it and upon 4the notched base plate. The device is provided with the customary hanger hooks 21 and as Ithus far described isof common and well-known construction, outside of rthe fact that this device shows two tubes and equipment for handling nickels.

To equip `the device with attachments whereby the full change for any coin up to the capacity of the machine may be delivered by the operation of one lever, we have provided the following mechanism: 22 are bearing lugs projecting upwardly from the lange 3 of the frame constituted by the base plate and back wall, and extending through said lugs is a pivot rod 23. Mounted pivotally on the pivot rod and located behind tube 5, is an inverted U-shaped rock lever 24 having finger vpiece 25 projecting forand 6, and said roc ing upon the underlying rock levers 17, so that by 'the depression of finger pieces 25, rings 5I and 6a can be simultaneously operated and thus respectively deliver a nickel andfive pennies.

A rock lever 28 is also pivoted on the rod 23, and is provided with a single operating finger piece 29 and with forwardly and downwardly projecting arms 30, 31 and y32, the arm 30 lying back of and below'arm 27 and like the latter terminating upon the underlying rock lever 17. The arms 31 and 32- bear the same relation to the underlying rock lever 17 as the arm l30. Y) It will/thus be seen that depression of finger piece 29 eiiects 'operation of the rings 6a, 7L and 8a and hence will effect the simultaneous discharge of five pennies from tube 6, two nickels from tube 7 and one dime from tube 8, the amount totaling change for a quarter.

To effect the simultaneous o eration of the rings 6, 7a, 8a and 9a and t us deliver change for a half dollar, a rock lever 33 is mounted on the rod 23 below the rock lever 28, and is provided with an arm 34 to engage the upper side of the underlying rock lever 17. The said rock lever 33 is also provided at its rear edge .with an upwardly projecting wall 35 standing slightly rearward of rock lever 28, and projecting from said rear wall 35 is a finger piece 36, the vdepression of which through arm 34 effects the forward swing of rin 9, and through the back wall 35, the roc -ng of the rock lever 28, and hence the operation-of rings 6, 7, 8a and 9a the simultaneous operation of the four rings thus eii'ecting the discharge of five pennies, two nickels, one dime and one quarter at the same time.

Underlying the vtubes isv a hopper so shaped that the coins ydischarged will readilyslide or roll to the exit opening 38 under which 'the conductor or other operator will place his hand for their reception.

A device of the character described for enabling a conductor or the like to give change up to any predetermined amount by a single operation of one lever is desirable not only because it enables change to be made accurately and therefore avoids chances for dispute, but it is also desirable because it greatly facilitates the loading of street cars as the incoming passengers can be handled with much greater facility and thus Aavoid the holding of the car for considerable periods of time, this quick loading bein of great importance tothe successful han ling of street carsand more especially .of what are known as one man cars now being experimented with in a number of cities with the idea of handling the traiiic expeditiously. v

From the above description it will be apparent that the invention is susceptible of modification in minor particulars without departing from the principle of construction involved or sacrificing any of the advantages of the appended claims.

We claim:

1. A money changer comprising a base plate having .five marginal recesses, coin tubes overlying and spaced from the base plate and overlapping said recesses, pivoted rings betweenl the base plate and the respective tubesz yieldin means holding the rings axially allned with the respective tubes, individual levers geared to the rings to swing the same edgewise to sweep coins from the bottoms of the tubes to a position whence they shall fall through said recesses, a rocklever having a pair of arms engagin a pair of -said individual levers and a sing e operating nger; a second rock-lever having an arm for .enga 'ng one of theindividual levers engaged y an arm of the first-named rock-lever and having gaging two of the lndividual rock-levers and also having a single finger-piece, and a third rock-lever having an arm for engaging the fifth individual rock-lever, a fingerpiece, and a part for imparting rocking movement to the said second rock-lever.

2. In a money changer, a pluralityof coinrock-levers, and a third rock-lever having,

an arm for engaging the 'fth individual rock-lever and a part for imparting rocking movement tothe said second rock-lever.

In testimony whereof we aiix our signatures. l

ROY E. (ErIiJARHAR'I` FRED =STEFFEN S. 

